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“My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!”
No thing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!”
No thing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
January 4, 2026 at 2:01 PM
“My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!”
No thing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!”
No thing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
“Basic science is not at the service of something, but the groundwork that is our entire society’s foundation.”
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MANU PRAKASH, bioengineer
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MANU PRAKASH, bioengineer
January 2, 2026 at 4:43 PM
“Basic science is not at the service of something, but the groundwork that is our entire society’s foundation.”
—
MANU PRAKASH, bioengineer
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MANU PRAKASH, bioengineer
Denmark versus United States of America in childhood hospitalizations.
January 1, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Denmark versus United States of America in childhood hospitalizations.
The only way human beings can win a war is to prevent it. -George Marshall, US Army Chief, Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, Nobel laureate (31 Dec 1880-1959)
December 31, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The only way human beings can win a war is to prevent it. -George Marshall, US Army Chief, Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, Nobel laureate (31 Dec 1880-1959)
There is not a shadow of right in the general government to intermingle with religion. Its least interference with it would be a most flagrant usurpation.
James Madison
James Madison
December 29, 2025 at 2:35 AM
There is not a shadow of right in the general government to intermingle with religion. Its least interference with it would be a most flagrant usurpation.
James Madison
James Madison
Neither Pagan nor Mahamedan nor Jew ought to be excluded from the civil rights of the Commonwealth because of his religion. -quoting John Locke's argument.
Thomas Jefferson
The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: 1760-1776 (ed. 1950)
Thomas Jefferson
The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: 1760-1776 (ed. 1950)
December 29, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Neither Pagan nor Mahamedan nor Jew ought to be excluded from the civil rights of the Commonwealth because of his religion. -quoting John Locke's argument.
Thomas Jefferson
The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: 1760-1776 (ed. 1950)
Thomas Jefferson
The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: 1760-1776 (ed. 1950)
Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. Ideas must be distinct before reason can act upon them; and no man ever had a distinct idea of the trinity. It is the mere Abracadabra of the mountebanks calling themselves the priests of Jesus.
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
December 29, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. Ideas must be distinct before reason can act upon them; and no man ever had a distinct idea of the trinity. It is the mere Abracadabra of the mountebanks calling themselves the priests of Jesus.
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Anger. Control your anger. If you hold anger toward others, they have control over you.Your opponent can dominate and defeat you if you allow him to get you irritated.
Miyamoto Musashi
Miyamoto Musashi
December 27, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Anger. Control your anger. If you hold anger toward others, they have control over you.Your opponent can dominate and defeat you if you allow him to get you irritated.
Miyamoto Musashi
Miyamoto Musashi
Truth is not what you want it to be; it is what it is, and you must bend to its power or live a lie.
Miyamoto Musashi
D. E. Tarver, Musashi Miyamoto (2004). “The Book of Five Rings: Miyamoto Musashi”, p.40.
Miyamoto Musashi
D. E. Tarver, Musashi Miyamoto (2004). “The Book of Five Rings: Miyamoto Musashi”, p.40.
December 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Truth is not what you want it to be; it is what it is, and you must bend to its power or live a lie.
Miyamoto Musashi
D. E. Tarver, Musashi Miyamoto (2004). “The Book of Five Rings: Miyamoto Musashi”, p.40.
Miyamoto Musashi
D. E. Tarver, Musashi Miyamoto (2004). “The Book of Five Rings: Miyamoto Musashi”, p.40.
The force which makes for war does not derive its strength from the interested motives of evil men; it derives its strength from the disinterested motives of good men.
-Norman Angell, lecturer, author, MP, and Nobel laureate (26 Dec 1872-1967)
-Norman Angell, lecturer, author, MP, and Nobel laureate (26 Dec 1872-1967)
December 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The force which makes for war does not derive its strength from the interested motives of evil men; it derives its strength from the disinterested motives of good men.
-Norman Angell, lecturer, author, MP, and Nobel laureate (26 Dec 1872-1967)
-Norman Angell, lecturer, author, MP, and Nobel laureate (26 Dec 1872-1967)
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Article 15
1. Everyone has the right to a nationality.
2. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality.
Article 15
1. Everyone has the right to a nationality.
2. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality.
December 26, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Article 15
1. Everyone has the right to a nationality.
2. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality.
Article 15
1. Everyone has the right to a nationality.
2. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality.
Weak economic growth has slowed upward mobility.
December 24, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Weak economic growth has slowed upward mobility.
That is not a just government, nor is property secure under it, where the property which a man has in his personal safety and personal liberty, is violated by arbitrary seizures of one class of citizens for the service of the rest.
James Madison
James Madison
December 24, 2025 at 3:23 AM
That is not a just government, nor is property secure under it, where the property which a man has in his personal safety and personal liberty, is violated by arbitrary seizures of one class of citizens for the service of the rest.
James Madison
James Madison
The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe with blood for centuries.
James Madison
James Madison
December 24, 2025 at 3:22 AM
The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe with blood for centuries.
James Madison
James Madison
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Article 14
1. Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.
Article 14
1. Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.
December 24, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Article 14
1. Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.
Article 14
1. Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Article 13
1. Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each State.
2. Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.
Article 13
1. Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each State.
2. Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.
December 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Article 13
1. Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each State.
2. Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.
Article 13
1. Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each State.
2. Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.
Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
There are some upon this earth of yours who lay claim to know us, and who do their deeds of passion, pride, ill-will, hatred, envy, bigotry, and selfishness in our name; who are as strange to us and all our kith and kin, as if they had never lived.
There are some upon this earth of yours who lay claim to know us, and who do their deeds of passion, pride, ill-will, hatred, envy, bigotry, and selfishness in our name; who are as strange to us and all our kith and kin, as if they had never lived.
December 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
There are some upon this earth of yours who lay claim to know us, and who do their deeds of passion, pride, ill-will, hatred, envy, bigotry, and selfishness in our name; who are as strange to us and all our kith and kin, as if they had never lived.
There are some upon this earth of yours who lay claim to know us, and who do their deeds of passion, pride, ill-will, hatred, envy, bigotry, and selfishness in our name; who are as strange to us and all our kith and kin, as if they had never lived.
Follower of Hieronymus Bosch
December 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Follower of Hieronymus Bosch
University of Michigan latest report on consumer sentiment graphic:
www.sca.isr.umich.edu/files/chicch...
www.sca.isr.umich.edu/files/chicch...
December 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
University of Michigan latest report on consumer sentiment graphic:
www.sca.isr.umich.edu/files/chicch...
www.sca.isr.umich.edu/files/chicch...
Russell Vought in 2024:
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
December 21, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Russell Vought in 2024:
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Article 12
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.
Article 12
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.
December 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Article 12
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.
Article 12
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Article 11
1. Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence.
Article 11
1. Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence.
December 19, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Article 11
1. Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence.
Article 11
1. Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence.